The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-05
ANOTHER GAME WON.
BY THE WHEELING BALL TEAM.
A Fair Crowd Witnesses tho Home boys
Administer Another Defeat to Columbus.
The Other Games Of tho Ohio Lague
si5, Clubs-Tho Akron boys Win.

Wheeling celebrated her return home
yesterday by winning the fourth conaecu.
tive game from Columbus with hands
down, In the presence Of large and en-.
thusiRstic audience. Tho home club
showed up well In batting, making sixteen
base hitsoG Stephens, who was rather In.
differently supported. Dunn WAS very
effective, Columbus getting only ten weak
hits. Westlake was somewhat OF, making
two costly errors. Mutton and Bakers
Geld work Tor the visitors was great. In
the fifth inning speidel hit long fly to
left which looked good for three bags, but
Baker made run for It and turning cut
of speldel's aspirations for third. King.
lley's catch Of Dunn's hot liner in the
second was loudly spplauded. The field
play Of the game was Bells bard running
catch OF a foul fly In capturing which
he tnmblsd over into the sun seats, still
holding his grip on the ball. No one
thought he would get IT., and rs a conse.
ausnCe the grand stand gave him on ova.
ftion.
When orator Crogan stepped to the
home plate In tho frat inning he emphs.
lsizsd his vicious lunge at the sphere by
sending into centre field for two bases,
and came home on wide pitch. Nichols
got first on base hit, stole second with
cheerful elIrontery and reached home on
Nicholson's hit 10 right. In the second
inning Smurthwaite's bat liner past short
enabled him to reach first, He burglar.
lied second and third and ecored on
Crogan's hit. Nichols In the third got to
: tirst on sharp hit to right, atole second
and came home on Nicholson's long hit 10
: centre. Smurthwaite in the fourth got a
lifo on Nultons fumble and scored on
Orogan's long hit to centre. Dunn hit to
ripht, and convulsed the audience by
stealing pecond while the pitcher
had the ball in his hand. 1t was
the boldsst play ever made on the aground,
and 1t tickled Crogan so much that he was
caught mapping on third while holding
his sidee from laughter. Dunn afterwardu
trotted home on Nichols two-baser over a
right field fence. In the seventh Nichol.
son hit for two bases and scored on Spei.
Ileps single. Wheeling added two more
scores in the ninth on Nichols centre field
ahot, who was assisted home by Nichol.
sons hit to right. Nicholson scored or
tho. very bilious plays of Behan and
Kingsly.
The Statesmen made their runs in the
!. second, fourth, seventh and ninth innings
The first run scored was made on Miller'f
: sale hit to center and Westlakes error
In the fourth Kingsly got to first on q
sharp hit past short and was advanced to
third on singles by Baker and Dale, scor.
ing on pansed ball. Dale got to first in
the seventh and was advanced to third by
NIulton's Corker to center and crossed the
. home plate on Holleran'a sacrifice. In
i the ninth the visitors bracsd up. Baker
, bit eafely to left and WAS followed by
Dale, both scoring on Spsidel's tumble Of
Nulton's hit. Mutton closed the run.
getting by coming home on Miller's hit to
right.
The Wheeling team shows some i'm.
provement since they last played at home
: They get around the diamond in better
form and handle themselves more like
ball players, in fact they play ball now,
1t was good for sore eyes to see Umpire
Bauer on the judgment seat again. His
decieions we're prompt and impartial
: Enttowin0 ia the acora. Eib5e